Measuring behind?? Feeling upset

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Tifffepoo wrote:

Hey all a brief back story...I had ectopic pregnancy in march and recently found out I was expecting again..went today to my appt and I was supposed to be 7 weeks 2 days and I'm only measuring 5 weeks and 6 days..the tech saw a yolk sac and baby had a heart beat of 116...I'm just upset bc I want to know it's ok...is it possible to be off by that much? Anyone else have this happen and have successful story...baby is bright white coming off yolk sac

I thought I was 7 weeks when I went for my first ultrasound but I only measured 5+6. We did not hear a heart beat. I was definitely a little sad and scared and hope everything's still ok. I have a repeat ultrasound in a week so hopefully we see lots of changes and hear the heart beat!

It's definitely possible to be off. A due date based on LMP assumes you have a cycle of 28 days and ovulate on day 14. But many women have a longer or shorter cycle and/or ovulate sooner or later than day 14. Implantation can also take a few days longer. I know it's stressful but seeing the heartbeat is a great sign!

TRUST ME, everything will be okay!!! Mine was set a week and a half back and I was soooo worried but yesterday I heard a strong heart beat at the ultrasound and everything is on track and healthy :) don't worry love, it's super normal to not be exactly on time! Trust me!!

Thank you everyone! I guess I'm just more on edge bc of the last loss...I was happy to know the baby made it to the uterus this time so that was the first hurdle...now I just need to stay calm and relax and enjoy that there is a tiny heartbeat in there and jut be happy!! Thank you for all the support and reassurance that dates can be off. Hoping for happy healthy pregnancies for all of us...oh and this does throw my date beyond February but I'm going to stay here until I know for sure in 2 weeks how the growth is...I will make an update then :)

If you're cycle is longer than 28 days and/or you ovulate later it's totally possible. I thought I was 9w0d yesterday at my first appointment based on the 28 day cycle calculators but I knew from my period tracking app my cycle is actually closer to 35 days. So I wasn't surprised when I measured 7 days behind at 8w0d. A little bummed to backtrack, but it made sense. It's awesome you could see the heartbeat at 5w6d! Congrats :)